Editing Paul Azinger (section)

==Personal life==
Azinger is a [[Christians|Christian]]. He and his wife Toni met at FSU and have been married since 1982. They have two daughters, Sarah Jean Collins and Josie Azinger Mark,<ref name=bio/> and currently live in [[Bradenton, Florida]].

Azinger gave the eulogy at the memorial service for his friend [[Payne Stewart]], who was killed in a [[1999 South Dakota Learjet crash|plane crash in 1999]].<ref name=PGAbio/> His two managers and close friends, Robert Fraley and Van Ardan, also died in the crash.

Politically [[Conservatism|conservative]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ball |first1=Off The |title=How will America's sports stars vote in the Presidential Election? |url=https://www.offtheball.com/golf/how-will-americas-sports-stars-vote-in-the-presidential-election-259945 |access-date=14 November 2019 |work=Off The Ball |date=8 Nov 2016}}</ref><!--He is a Republican--> Azinger refused an invitation to the [[White House]] for the winning [[1993 Ryder Cup]] team due to what he saw as [[draft dodging]] on the part of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/affinity-more-touchy-than-feely-1.938843 |title=Affinity more touchy than feely |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=September 16, 2008}}</ref> He was however persuaded to attend and said that the visit "was just wonderful".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cummings |first1=William |title=Trump not the first president whose politics made athletes reconsider White House visit |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/05/08/red-sox-white-house-visit-other-times-athletes-politics-clashed-presidents/1138874001/ |access-date=14 November 2019 |newspaper=USA Today |date=8 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1993/09/21/ryder-team-gets-thornless-sendoff-from-rose-garden/0bc227ea-cdf5-4cdc-afe5-801c0a44870f/ |title=Ryder Team Gets Thornless Sendoff From Rose Garden |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Leonard |last=Shapiro |date=September 21, 1993}}</ref>

Azinger is an avid [[poker]] player and competed in the main event at both the [[2006 World Series of Poker]]<ref>{{cite news |date=July 30, 2006 |title=What the ...? Hellmuth knocked out of WSOP |work=MSNBC |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14097426/ |url-status=dead |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625104401/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14097426/ |archive-date=June 25, 2007}}</ref> and the [[2008 World Series of Poker]].<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite web |title=A Different Sort of Green |url=http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/main-event/id71641.htm#no71641}}</ref> He is an avid [[foosball]] player, and often seeks places to play foosball while traveling.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sobel |first=Jason |date=May 25, 2010 |title=Azinger pushed hard for job in '10 |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/columns/story?columnist=sobel_jason&id=5215250 |access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>

Azinger threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the [[Tampa Bay Rays]]' second ever playoff game on October 3, 2008.<ref>[http://www.bradenton.com/breakingsports/story/924267.html Azinger to throw out first pitch at Rays game Friday] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005081841/http://www.bradenton.com/breakingsports/story/924267.html|date=October 5, 2008}}</ref>  He recently launched a new application for the [[iPad]], [[iPhone]], and [[iPod Touch]] called Golfplan.<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Golfplan with Paul Azinger |url=http://golfplanpro.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101131456/http://golfplanpro.com/ |archive-date=November 1, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>